"They devour widows houses and for the sake of appearances say long prayers.They will receive the greater condemnation."(Mark 12: 40)
Have you ever heard someone pray out loud and wonder when it will be over? I have. It isn't fun. You are basically getting a sermon masquerading as a prayer. Usually these prayers are full of telling God what God should do.
It's all about appearances, the more you say, the more you keep talking, perhaps no one will notice that in the long winded prayer, you actually said nothing of consequence.
Somehow we believe that if we just keep talking eventually we will win or be seen in a better light.
I for one, like to be brief and to the point. I try to know what I want to say and then say it. There is no prize for length of prayer. There is something to praying with sincerity and from the heart.
Blessings,
Ed
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